2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season


During the 2000–01 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

's season started promisingly. Despite an opening-day 3-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough, this was followed by back-to-back away victories at Southampton and Manchester City, the first time they won an away league game in 16 months. However, after 34 years and 10 close shaves with relegation, their luck finally ran out and they were relegated from the top flight.
Much optimism followed Coventry's relegation with everyone at the club working hard to attain promotion at the first attempt. These hopes were boosted with the signing of prolific striker Lee Hughes from local rivals West Bromwich Albion.

Final league table

;Results summary
;Results by round

Results

Coventry City's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R36 January 2001Swindon TownA2-014,445Bellamy, Hadji
R427 January 2001Manchester CityA0-124,637

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg19 September 2000Preston North EndA3-110,770Zúñiga, Hall, Strachan
R2 2nd Leg27 September 2000Preston North EndH4-1 7,425Aloisi, Eustace
R31 November 2000SouthamptonA1-011,809Eustace
R428 November 2000Ipswich TownA1-219,563Bellamy

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Transfers

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Out

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